On Sept. 19, 1928, the Kansas City Star newspaper in Missouri ran their first quilt pattern called “Pine Tree.” Publishing quilt patterns in the Kansas City Star newspaper was the brain child of Ruby ...

Explore 20 beginner quilting tutorials with easy patterns and step-by-step guides. Perfect for new quilters ready to make ...

Carrie Minkel-Johnson (left) folds a large handmade star quilt with her mother, Ruby Leith Minkel, in the quilting studio at the Lower Sioux Indian Community on May 29.

I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...